Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 20:28

28 And Phineas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battel against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease ? And the LORD said, Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand .

This is added to give us some light about the time of this History, and to shew it was not done in the order in which it is here placed, after Sampson's Death, but long before.

i. e. Ministred, as the word stand oft signifies, as Deut. 10. 8. and 18. 7. Prov. 22. 29. Ier. 52. 12. compare with 2 King. 25. 8. because standing is the usual posture of Servants.

i. e. Before the Ark: or, before his, i. e. the Lord's face, or presence: which shews that he was the highpriest, for none else might appear there

Which, if thou requirest, we are willing to do, notwithstanding the provocation they have given us, and our own Inclination to revenge.

Now when they had sought God after the due order, and truly humbled themselves for their Sins, he gives them a full and satisfactory Answer to their Desires.